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Commentary: This State of the Union was a joust between Trump and a sea of women in white

Marching pioneers of the suffragette movement couldn't have known a century ago when they wore white as a symbol of their cause that it would someday make its way into the chambers of Congress and upstage one of the country's stagiest presidents.

But that's exactly what happened Tuesday, when dozens of newly elected female lawmakers - members of the most diverse Congress ever - showed up to President Trump's State of the Union address wearing white. They lighted up the Democratic side of the aisle as cameras panned across the chamber,

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